Israel vs Lebanon: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Israel
91.6%
in 2025
Lebanon
91.0%
in 2025
Israel rank
36th
Lebanon rank
38th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Israel
- Lebanon
How they compare
Israel currently reports 91.6% against 91.0% in Lebanon, a difference of 0.6%.
Across all 108 years both countries report, Israel has been ahead every year.
Israel ranks 36th and Lebanon ranks 38th of 238 countries.
Israel has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Israel | Lebanon | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 1.4% | 0.9% | 0.5% | Israel |
| 1100s | 1.7% | 0.9% | 0.8% | Israel |
| 1200s | 2.1% | 0.9% | 1.2% | Israel |
| 1300s | 2.5% | 0.8% | 1.7% | Israel |
| 1400s | 2.8% | 0.8% | 1.9% | Israel |
| 1500s | 3.6% | 0.8% | 2.7% | Israel |
| 1600s | 4.3% | 0.8% | 3.5% | Israel |
| 1700s | 4.9% | 0.8% | 4.1% | Israel |
| 1710s | 5.5% | 0.9% | 4.6% | Israel |
| 1720s | 5.9% | 1.0% | 4.9% | Israel |
| 1730s | 6.4% | 1.2% | 5.3% | Israel |
| 1740s | 7.0% | 1.4% | 5.6% | Israel |
| 1750s | 7.5% | 1.6% | 5.9% | Israel |
| 1760s | 8.1% | 1.8% | 6.2% | Israel |
| 1770s | 8.7% | 2.2% | 6.6% | Israel |
| 1780s | 9.4% | 2.5% | 6.8% | Israel |
| 1790s | 10.0% | 2.9% | 7.1% | Israel |
| 1800s | 10.7% | 3.4% | 7.3% | Israel |
| 1810s | 11.6% | 4.0% | 7.6% | Israel |
| 1820s | 12.6% | 4.7% | 8.0% | Israel |
| 1830s | 13.7% | 5.4% | 8.3% | Israel |
| 1840s | 14.9% | 6.3% | 8.6% | Israel |
| 1850s | 16.2% | 7.4% | 8.8% | Israel |
| 1860s | 17.6% | 8.6% | 9.0% | Israel |
| 1870s | 19.4% | 10.1% | 9.3% | Israel |
| 1880s | 21.3% | 11.8% | 9.5% | Israel |
| 1890s | 23.4% | 13.7% | 9.7% | Israel |
| 1900s | 25.8% | 16.0% | 9.8% | Israel |
| 1910s | 28.3% | 18.7% | 9.7% | Israel |
| 1920s | 31.0% | 21.8% | 9.3% | Israel |
| 1930s | 34.0% | 25.4% | 8.6% | Israel |
| 1940s | 37.2% | 29.7% | 7.6% | Israel |
| 1950s | 72.1% | 35.7% | 36.5% | Israel |
| 1960s | 80.6% | 49.7% | 30.9% | Israel |
| 1970s | 86.5% | 66.3% | 20.1% | Israel |
| 1980s | 89.7% | 79.3% | 10.4% | Israel |
| 1990s | 90.8% | 84.8% | 6.0% | Israel |
| 2000s | 91.6% | 86.7% | 4.9% | Israel |
| 2010s | 91.7% | 88.5% | 3.2% | Israel |
| 2020s | 91.5% | 90.3% | 1.2% | Israel |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Israel or Lebanon?
- Israel, at 91.6% against 91.0% in Lebanon as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Israel and Lebanon?
- 0.6%, with Israel ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Lebanon?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Israel and Lebanon rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Israel ranks 36th and Lebanon ranks 38th of 238 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Do more people live in urban or rural areas?. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modelled historical data.